可 & 常

𝌸

Very first significant 字 included and from 老子 Lǎozǐ (also called 道德經 “Classic of the Dao and De” or Tao Te Ching, a book of 'mystical philosophy' supposedly written by 老子 [Lǎozǐ 604–531 B.C.E.], a Chinese philosopher, and founder of 道家Daoism) wherein 老 marks the ancient character of the transmission and 子 the young germ, the new lecture — appreciation — of the text, i.e. ancient and new testament or ancient testament, new interpretation.

Ancient Retold

Contes anciens sur un mode nouveau

Old tales in a new say/way

魯迅 (周樹人)《故事新编》 (1935), translated as Old Tales Retold (Yang and Yang) and Old Stories Retold (Lovell)

Meninges

可 कर्मन् • (kárman)/creation/production/productivity

常constant/51st tetragram of the 太玄經 (Tàixuánjīng, “Canon of Supreme Mystery”) "constancy" (𝌸)/Unchanged through time or space; permanent.

➥

道可道   ➠ Doable Do   ⥵ Left hemisphere (A syllable used in solfège to represent the 1st & 8th tonic of a major scale/ut (do) the note 'C')

非           ➠ Fails       ⥵ dūra māter, the tough & inflexible outermost of the 3 layers of the meninges, enveloping the brain and spinal cord.

常道。   ➠ Constant Do ⥵ Right hemisphere

Dr Johannes Sobotta's Human Anatomy 1908, 1909 589

名可名   ➠ Designable Sign   ⥵ Left hemisphere

非           ➠ Fails       ⥵ dūra māter, the tough & inflexible outermost of the 3 layers of the meninges, enveloping the brain and spinal cord.

常名。   ➠ Constant Symbol ⥵ Right hemisphere

➥

對聯 ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄧㄢˊantithetical couplet, often consisting of two lines of verse written vertically down the opposing sides of a doorway. In the case of the 老子 Lǎozǐ (aka 道德經 “Classic of the Dao & De” ) the first two verses viewed as an advice/admonition to the reader.

道可道，非常道。Doable Do fails Constant Do

名可名，非常名。Designable Symbol fails Constant Cypher